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Cancer

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BMJ Specialty: Oncology

Cancer Commissioning Toolkit – registration required, Resource designed to assist GP led commissioning for cancer services

Cancer Index - large collection of links to cancer related information

Cancer Research UK - patient information, news, events and research

Christie Hospital NHS Trust - the largest single-site cancer treatment centre in Europe, and an international leader in cancer research and development.

Cochrane Cancer Groups

Breast Cancer Group / Childhood Cancer Group / Colorectal Cancer Group / Gynaencological Cancer Group / Haematological Malignancies Group / Lung Cancer Group / Pain, palliative and support group  / Prostatic Diseases and Urologic Cancers Group

eMedicine Oncology articles

Institute of Cancer Research - research, awareness raising and patient information

Medline Plus Health Topics Cancer

National Collaborating Centre for Cancer - responsible for developing NICE guidelines; includes information about the guideline process

National Cancer Institute – (US-based) the NCI is an authoritative site that supports education, training, and research in the field of cancer. The site has sections devoted to Cancer Topics, Clinical Trials, Cancer Statistics, Research, and News.

National Horizon Scanning Centre: Cancer and Palliative Care

NICE Cancer Guidelines

OncoLink – (US-based) University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, provides cancer-related information to patients, families, health professionals and the general public.

Shaare Zedek Cancer Pain and Palliative Care Reference Database - searchable database of more than 30,000 records in the field of cancer pain and palliative care, drawn chiefly from the nursing literature

e-Oncology - web-based learning resource designed to complement medical and clinical training in Oncology

Macmillan Cancer Support - UK based cancer information service

CancerHelp - patient information, including details of clinical trials

Virtual Hospital - oncology department - walk through virtual oncology department created by the Royal College of Radiologists. Interactive images provide an overview of staff responsibilities, procedures and patient experiences associated with the treatment of cancer

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